8-K

0001193125-14-057140.txt : 20140218 0001193125-14-057140.hdr.sgml : 20140217 20140218163100 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-14-057140 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140211 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Shareholder Nominations Pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 14a-11 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140218 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140218 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ARCA biopharma, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000907654 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: IN VITRO & IN VIVO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES [2835] IRS NUMBER: 363855489 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-22873 FILM NUMBER: 14622559 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11080 CIRCLEPOINT ROAD STREET 2: SUITE 140 CITY: WESTMINSTER STATE: CO ZIP: 80020 BUSINESS PHONE: 720-940-2200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11080 CIRCLEPOINT ROAD STREET 2: SUITE 140 CITY: WESTMINSTER STATE: CO ZIP: 80020 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NUVELO INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030203 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HYSEQ INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970610 8-K 1 d679000d8k.htm 8-K 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 18, 2014 (February 11, 2014)

ARCA biopharma, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

000-22873

36-3855489

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

11080 CirclePoint Road, Suite 140, Westminster, CO 80020

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(720) 940-2200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On February 11, 2014, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of ARCA biopharma, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Daniel J. Mitchell as a director of the Company to fill a vacancy on the Board.

In connection with Mr. Mitchell’s appointment, and pursuant to the Company’s previously adopted director compensation policy, the Company granted Mr. Mitchell options to purchase (i) 7,079 shares of common stock (“Grant 1”) and (ii) 16,000 shares of common stock (“Grant 2”), each at an exercise price of $1.80 per share, the closing price of the Company’s common stock on February 11, 2014. The options are subject to the terms and conditions of the Company’s 2013 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”), and the Company’s standard forms of Stock Option Agreement and Option Grant Notice for the Plan, copies of which were filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 23, 2013. The Grant 1 options vest in equal monthly installments over an eleven month period beginning February 1, 2014, and the Grant 2 options vest in equal monthly installments over a three year period beginning on the date of grant, in each case assuming Mr. Mitchell’s continued service on the Board for such periods. On the same date, the Company also approved paying compensation to its existing non-employee directors by granting to Dr. Linda Grais, Mr. Robert Conway and Dr. Raymond Woosley options to purchase 8,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.80 per share, the closing price of the Company’s common stock on February 11, 2014. The options are subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and the Company’s standard forms of Stock Option Agreement and Option Grant Notice for the Plan. The options vest in equal monthly installments and will be fully vested as of December 31, 2014, assuming Dr. Grais’, Mr. Conway’s and Dr. Woosley’s continued service on the Board for such periods.

Item 5.08. Shareholder Director Nominations.

On February 11, 2014, the Board approved June 5, 2014 as the date of the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The Board also approved April 7, 2014 as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting.

Because the Annual Meeting will be held more than 30 calendar days from the date of the Company’s 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the due dates for the provision of any qualified stockholder proposal or qualified stockholder nominations under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and the bylaws of the Company listed in the Company’s 2013 Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A as filed with the SEC on August 1, 2013 are no longer applicable. Such nominations or proposals, including any notice on Schedule 14N, are now due to the Company no earlier than March 7, 2014 and no later than April 6, 2014. The Company currently intends to make its proxy materials available beginning on or about April 15, 2014.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: February 18, 2014


ARCA biopharma, Inc. (Registrant)

By:		/s/ Christopher D. Ozeroff
		Name: Christopher D. Ozeroff
		Title: SVP and General Counsel